Faith Episcopal Church in Laguna Niguel will host its annual Blessing of the Animals Service and Ark of San Juan Pet Adoption on Sunday, Sept. 30. Pets will be blessed at an outdoor service at 9:30 a.m. by The Rev. Dawn Vukich and The Ark of San Juan will feature pet adoptions until noon. All…
Families can celebrate the harvest season at Pumpkin City, which returns to south Orange County Friday at two locations — Laguna Hills Mall and Rancho Santa Margarita Town Center. Now in its 40th year, Pumpkin City provides wholesome family fun, with activities that include the petting zoo, general store, Lucky Luke’s Gem Stones, Players &…
The lush plains east of Yosemite National Park offer a window into a bygone California — a place where sage grouse welcome the arrival of spring with theatrical mating rituals and cattle graze on verdant pastures. For nearly a century, these lands have been made green thanks to annual flooding…
A police K-9 took down a suspect in Irvine Regional Park after he had evaded police for miles, ending a chase that began early Monday, Sept. 24 in Garden Grove. Officers had tried to pull over a vehicle at Euclid Street and Katella Avenue in Anaheim at 2:17 a.m. but it continued on. It was immediately…
WASHINGTON — A second allegation of sexual misconduct has emerged against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a development that has further imperiled his nomination to the Supreme Court, forced the White House and Senate Republicans onto the defensive and fueled calls from Democrats to postpone further action on his confirmation. The new accusation landed late Sunday in…
GARDEN GROVE – A man and woman were killed in a house fire on Saturday night in Garden Grove, fire officials said Sunday. The fire was reported shortly before 8 p.m. at a single-story house in the 8800 block of Chapman Avenue, said Garden Grove Fire Capt. Thanh Nguyen. It took about 30 firefighters 55…
Probate courts and conservatorships can be among the most confusing and frustrating components of the justice system. Here are some typical questions you might have when first exposed to California’s probate system, which has the potential to rule your life or the life of a loved one. Q: Isn’t probate typically associated with contested wills or…
As Wilson Guarin watched the green helicopter roaring above, he wondered if the men being hoisted into the sky felt the risk had been worth it. Moments earlier, Guarin and his children, Olivia, 11, and Brandon, 12, had hiked to Hermit Falls in Angeles National Forest, one of the most popular waterfalls…
Sakon Wilson of Burbank drops in on the LA County Fair on its last day. Photographed in Pomona, Calif. on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) “I want to be fearless. God got this,” Sakon Wilson of Burbank says as the LA County Fair winds down on its last day. Photograph…
A vehicle rolled onto its side in a two-car collision that injured three people in Irvine on Sunday, Sept. 23. Rescuers had to extract one person from one of two wrecked vehicles that collided near the intersection of Walnut Avenue and Jamboree Road sometime before 5:15 p.m., said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Paul Holaday….
